Geoffrey Owen

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Sir

Geoffrey Owen
Sir Geoffrey Owen, c1990s.jpg
Owen in the 1990s
Born (1934-04-16) 16 April 1934 (age 87)
EducationDragon School
Rugby School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Known forEditor of the Financial Times
Senior Fellow at the Department of Management, LSE
Executive of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation
Non-executive Director of Laird Group plc
Chairman of the Wincott Foundation
Spouse(s)Miriam Gross
Parents

Sir Geoffrey Owen (born 16 April 1934)[1] is an English academic and journalist, who is the former editor of the Financial Times. Owen is Senior Fellow at the Department of Management at the London School of Economics, where he conducts teaching and research in the field of corporate strategy, corporate governance and international competition.[2] He is also Head of Industrial Policy at Policy Exchange, the UK's leading Think Tank.[3]

Early life[]

Geoffrey Owen is the son of L. G. Owen and the tennis player Violet Owen.[4]

Owen was educated at the Dragon School, Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford University.[5] He served in the Royal Air Force for two years as part of the national service.

Career[]

He joined the Financial Times as a feature writer in 1958. He held several posts on that paper, including those of industrial correspondent, industrial editor, and US correspondent based in New York. Between 1968 and 1973, he left journalism, serving first as an executive in the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation and then as personnel director in the overseas division of British Leyland Motor Corporation. He was deputy editor of the Financial Times from 1973 to 1980 and editor from 1981 to 1990. He was knighted in 1989.

He was a non-executive director of Laird Group plc from 2001 to the end of 2006.[6] He is chairman of the Wincott Foundation.[7]

Personal life[]

He is married to literary editor Miriam Gross.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Birthday's today". The Daily Telegraph. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Sir Geoffrey Owen, Senior Fellow, Department of Management, LSE, 78;
  2. ^ "Sir Geoffrey Owen – People – Department of Management - Home". Lse.ac.uk. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  3. ^ "Sir Geoffrey Owen - People - Policy Exchange". Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  4. ^ Bill Edwards. "Obituary: Violet Owen | Culture". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  5. ^ "Author Details : Geoffrey Owen". Harpercollins.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2013-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "The Wincott Foundation Awards". Wincott.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  8. ^ Rupert Christiansen. "An Almost English Life: Literary, and Not so Literary Recollections by Miriam Gross: review Culture". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  9. ^ David Sexton. "The formidable literary editor Miriam Gross talks to David Sexton about what makes a writer and the agony of love Culture". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
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Preceded by
 Editor of The Financial Times
1981-1991 		Succeeded by
Richard Lambert
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